REDLANDS 


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A PERFECT  CLIMATE 

THE  FINEST  ORANGE 
GROVES  in  the  STATE 

BEAUTIFUL  PARKS 
and  FINE  RESIDENCES 


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“ 1 have  spent  six  weeks  in  your  beautiful  city;  have 
been  out  for  a drive  on  more  than  twenty  occasions,  and 
found  something  new  and  attractive  on  each.  What  a 
mistake  is  made  by  those  who  give  but  two  short  hours, 
or  even  two  days,  to  your  incomparable  climate  and 
matchless  scenery.”— Gen.  Russell  Hastings. 

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EDLANDS  is  perhaps  the  most  conspicuous  example  in  all  Southern 
California  of  the  evolution  of  a progressive,  modern  " City  of  Homes," 
from  what,  a little  more  than  a decade  ago,  was  but  a waste  of  sagebrush 
and  cacti. 

The  real  beginning  of  Redlands  dates  from  March  10,  1887,  when 
the  town  plat  was  filed.  At  that  time  it  was  but  a hamlet  comprising  the 
usual  " brick  block,"  a few  score  of  small  dwellings,  one  or  two  stores,  and 
perhaps  one  hundred  acres  of  newly-planted  orange  trees.  From  that  date 
to  this  Redlands  has  never  taken  a backward  step,  but  has  made  steady, 
substantial  and  permanent  progress,  with  nothing  of  the  " boom  " nature  in 
the  gradual,  healthy  growth  of  the  past  five  years,  today  it  bears  the  enviable 
reputation  of  " the  best  interior  town  of  Southern  California." 

The  present  population  of  the  city  is  1 0,000,  an  increase  in  five  years 
of  nearly  one  hundred  per  cent.  The  assessed  valuation  in  1901  was 
$3,656,397;  in  1907,  $7,000,000.  The  property  valuation  in  1901 
$9,000,000;  1 907,  $2 1 ,000,000.  There  are  200  miles  of  streets, 
eighteen  miles  of  cement  walks,  and  the  bonded  indebtedness  will  be  but 


$200,000  after  the  expenditure  of  $200,000  on  the  present  improvement 
and  building  of  new  roads  and  streets  of  asphalt  and  macadam. 

As  has  been  well  and  truly  said,  " What  has  been  done  in  material 
development  during  the  past  year  has  been  more  than  duplicated  along 
intellectual  lines.  Redlands  is  a city  that  stands  for  culture,  and  with  her 
schools  and  churches,  her  women  s clubs  and  her  musical  organizations,  has 
gone  ahead,  in  this  respect,  with  leaps  and  bounds.  A city  of  homes,  with 
all  the  good  that  the  word  home  implies,  is  what  Redlands  strives  to  be 
and  is." 


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FIRST  BAPTIST  CHURCH 


The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  owns  one  of  the  most  attractive  properties  in  the 
city,  valued  at  $40,000  and  entirely  paid  for.  The  Association  maintains 
gymnasium  classes,  reading  room,  game  room  ard  a summer  camp. 


The  A.  K.  Smiley  Public  Library  is  a handsome,  substantial  brick 
building  in  modified  Mission  style,  containing  12,000  volumes,  and  with 
nearly  5000  regular  members.  This  building,  with  the  park  of  eight  acres 


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Franklin  School 

No.  2. 

Lowell  School 

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Lincoln  School 

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McKinley  School 

No.  5. 

Kingsbury  School 

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Lugonia  School 

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GRAMMAR  SCHOOLS 


The  public  school  system  of  California  is  maintained  at  a high  standard 
of  excellence,  and  it  is  universally  conceded  that  there  are  no  better 
grammar  or  high  schools  in  the  State  than  those  of  Redlands.  There  is 
one  High  School  building,  six  large  grammar  school  buildings,  and  three 
others  devoted  to  manual  training.  The  aggregate  cost  of  school  property 
is  upwards  of  $350,000.  Fifty-seven  teachers  are  now  employed,  and 
nearly  2,200  scholars  enrolled. 


REDLANDS  COUNTRY  CLUB 


LADIES’  CONTEMPORARY  CLUB 


UNIVERSITY”  CLUB  OF  REDLANDS 


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HOME  OF  WALTER  CRAMP 
ON  ELECTRIC  CAR  LINE  TO  COUNTRY  CLUB 

The  new  home  of  the  Contemporary  Club,  a woman's  organization  of 
two  hundred  members,  is  a conspicuous  ornament  to  the  city.  It  has  an 
audience  room  with  a seating  capacity  of  700,  and,  with  the  furnishings, 
represents  an  expenditure  of  $25,000.  Among  the  other  social,  literary 
and  musical  organizations  are  the  University  Club,  owning  a handsome 
building  which  cost  $20,000  ; the  Spinet, -purely  musical ; the  Country 
Club  with  a picturesque  club-house,  golf  grounds,  tennis  courts,  etc., located 
on  " The  Heights the  Fortnightly,  a men's  club  of  limited  membership  ; 
the  Century  Club,  and  the  Redlands  Medical  Society.  Twenty-six  Fra- 
ternal organizations  hold  regular  and  special  meetings  in  attractively  furnished, 
convenient  lodge  rooms.  The  Elks  have  elegantly  fitted  quarters  with  cafe 
adjoining  in  the  second  story  of  the  $50,000  Post  Office  building. 


BUNGALOW  OF  EDWARD  S GRAHAM 


tem.  The  lobby  has  been  entirely  rebuilt  and  a large  fireplace  added,  the 
dining  room  enlarged  to  double  its  former  size  and  inclosed  by  plate-glass 
windows  facing  the  flower  gardens.  Thirty  baths  and  a number  of  new 
rooms  have  been  added  and  enlargements  made  to  many  others  which  have 
been  newly  furnished  and  equipped.  The  kitchen  has  been  entirely  remod- 
eled and  numerous  other  improvements  have  been  made  throughout  the 
house,  so  that  this  year’s  visitors  will  hardly  recognize  La  Casa  Loma  of  old. 
The  hotel  is  delightfully  situated  on  slightly  rising  ground  commanding  a 
magnificent  view  of  the  nearby  orange  groves  and  surrounding  snow-capped 
mountains,  and  is  within  easy  walking  distance  of  the  public  library,  theater, 
depots,  postoffice,  shops  and  churches.  The  ventilation  and  sanitary  arrange- 
ments of  the  house  are  absolutely  perfect,  and  no  trouble  or  expense  has 
been  spared  to  make  La  Casa  Loma  comfortable,  attractive  and  home-like. 


Visitors  to  Redlands  principal  hotel,  La  Casa  Loma,  are  afforded  addi- 
tional privileges  and  conveniences  because  of  the  fact  that  this  house  is  now 
one  of  the  Linnard  System  of  hotels  of  Southern  California  which  includes 
the  Maryland  at  Pasadena,  the  Leighton  at  Los  Angeles  and  the  Virginia 
at  Long  Beach.  Mr.  Linnard  is  undoubtedly  one  of  the  best  hotel  men  on 
the  Pacific  Coast.  His  great  success  at  the  Maryland,  Pasadena,  has  won 
for  him  a splendid  reputation  and  a large  number  of  friends,  and  he  will 
operate  the  Casa  Loma  on  the  same  broad  scale  which  has  made  the 
Maryland  so  popular.  Our  Hotel  La  Casa  Loma  has  always  been  a 
favorite  by  reason  of  its  superb  location,  extensive  grounds  and  fine  view. 
During  the  past  year  approximately  $50,000  has  been  expended  on  the 
buildings  and  grounds,  the  hotel  being  put  on  a par  with  others  of  the  sys- 


MT.  SAN  BERNARDINO  BY  MOONLIGliT 


The  Wissahickon  Inn,  a first-class  family  hotel  of  f°rty  r°°™'  s,e'im' 
heated  throughout,  is  very  homelike  and  beautifully  located.  Hill  Crest  Inn, 
on  The  Terrace,  and  numerous  houses  in  the  business  section,  accommodate 

all  classes  of  tourists  and  business  men.  , f . . • , 

A handsome  theatre,  in  the  Spanish  Mission  style  of  architecture,  with 
a seating  capacity  of  twelve  hundred  and  a stage  forty  by  forty  feet,  has 

lately  been  erected  at  a cost  of  nearly  $30,000. 

Eighty  miles  from  the  ocean,  Redlands  nestles  close  to  the  foothills, 
sheltered  by  a mountain  range  averaging  in  height  on  the  north  and  east 
about  5000  feet.  From  vast  storage  reservoirs  an  abundant  supply  ot  the 
purest  mountain  water,  free  from  alkali,  is  provided  for  domestic  use  as  well 


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as  for  the  irrigation  of  orange  groves,  flower  gardens  and  lawns.  Here  the 
Washington  Navel  Seedless  Orange  reaches  the  heigit  o pei  ■ 

Soil,  climate  and  cultivation  combine  to  produce  fruit  that  is  ^surpassed  or 
beauty,  flavor  and  keeping  qualities.  Throughout  the  length  and  bread 
of  California’s  orange  belt,  no  locality  is  so  favored  by  nature  for  the  succe 
and  profitable  culture  of  this  luscious  fruit.  Problems  of  scale  and  smut,  o 
extremes  of  heat  and  cold,  of  too  much  moisture  or  too  little  water,  do  no 
vex  the  fortunate  orange  growers  of  Redlands.  These  conditions  are  due 

entirely  to  the  topographical  situation  ontheterminaldopeoftheSerm 

Madre  Mountains.  With  an  almost  absolute  freedom  from  frost  th  ml  nd 
and  elevated  situation  of  the  groves  prevents  the  dreaded  scale  that 


INTERIOR  OF  AN  ORANGE  PACKING  HOUSE 


The  business  section  has  kept  pace  with  the  rapid  increase  in  popu- 
lation, fully  supplying  the  demands  of  its  inhabitants.  There  are  three 
National  and  two  Savings  Banks,  with  deposits  of  more  than  $2,000,000  ; 
two  electric,  two  telegraph,  two  telephone  and  two  gas  companies. 

• c ^°arc*  Tra<k>  one  °f  most  active  commercial  organizations 
in  Southern  California,  with  upwards  of  three  hundred  members,  maintains 
an  exhibit  room  and  Bureau  of  Information,  centrally  located,  for  the 
convenience  of  visitors. 

The  Facts  and  the  Review  are  respectively  the  evening  and  morning 
papers.  The  Review  issues  a weekly  edition.  The  Citrograph  is  a well 
printed  weekly,  “a  local  authority  on  horticultural  subjects  as  well  as  a 
purveyor  of  news.” 


favored  localities  must  be  held  in  check  by  extensive  spraying  and  fumi- 
gating. No  Redlands  oranges  require  washing  and  brushing  to  cleanse 
them  from  black  smut— that  aftermath  of  the  scale  pest.  The  half-circle 
of  mountains  protects  the  groves  alike  from  cold  in  winter  and  from  heavy 
wind  storms  that  would  beat  and  bruise  the  golden  fruit.  These  claims  are 
substantiated  by  the  following  indisputable  facts,  namely : first  prizes  at  all 
citrus  exhibits ; greatest  demand  and  highest  prices  in  eastern  markets  ; 
ninety  per  cent  of  the  f.  o.  b.  orders  and  the  crop  practically  exhausted 
when  most  other  localities  had  thirty  per  cent  of  their  crop  on  the  trees 
unsold.  Shipments  from  fifteen  packing  houses  have  exceeded  3500  car- 
loads in  a year,  the  returns  from  this  year’s  crop  aggregating  $2,500,000. 


A SCENE  IN  AN  ORANGE  GROVE  IN  JANUARY 


The  Santa  Fe  and  Southern  Pacific 
Railroads,  with  eight  passenger  trains  daily, 
maintain  an  excellent  train  service  to  Los 
Angeles  and  the  neighboring  towns.  The 
San  Bernardino  Valley  Traction  Company 
runs  an  electric  road  to  Smiley  Heights,  the 
Country  Club  and  Terracina,  accommodating 
the  residence  and  business  sections.  Also 
to  Highland,  Colton  and  San  Bernardino, 
connecting  at  the  latter  point  with  all  trains 
on  the  new  Salt  Lake  road. 


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Fifteen  miles  from  Redlands,  in  a spur 
of  Mount  San  Jacinto,  are  the  Eden  Hot 
Springs,  where  comfortable  hotel  accom- 
modations, furnished  tents  and  camping 
privileges  may  be  secured  by  those  who 
desire  to  avail  themselves  of  these  popular 
hot  and  cold  springs,  which  may  be  reached 
every  Wednesday  and  Saturday  by  stage 
from  Redlands. 


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HOME  OF  A.  C.  DENMAN,  JR 

f W^PaP'iln"°rn,ain  reSOrtS  are  cloSe  at  hand-  At  elevations  o] 
rom  3000  to  6000  feet  and  from  twelve  to  twenty-eight  miles  distance 

from  our  railway  stations  are  Oakglen,  Sevenoaks,  Squirrel  Inn,  Skinner’s 
Resort,  Bear  Valley  Forest  Home,  Bluff  Lake,  Fredalba  Park  and 
Mountain  Home;  all  of  them,  cool,  health-giving,  summer  resting  places, 
where  hotel,  cottage  and  camping  privileges  may  be  had. 


HOME  OF  E.  G.  JUDSON 


HOME  OF  MRS.  I.  L LYON 


Neither  the  resident  in  Redlands  nor  the  visitor  need  suffer  from  ennui. 
The  matchless  climate  and  the  more  than  three  hundred  sunshiny  days  in 
the  year  afford  ample  opportunity  for  all  sorts  of  outdoor  sports  and  recrea- 
tions. Horseback  rides,  coaching  parties,  golf  and  tennis  may  be  enjoyed. 
There  are  trout  streams  in  the  canyons  beyond  the  city  for  the  fishermen ; 
quail  and  dove  shooting  on  the  foothills  at  the  terminus  of  the  car  line,  and 
deer  in  the  mountains  for  the  hunter ; scenery  and  wondrous  grandeur  for 
the  artist,  and  for  the  lover  of  nature,  beauty  everywhere. 


HOME  OF  MRS.  CURTIS  WELLS 

The  Edgemont  Drive  and  the  McKinley  Drive,  the  former  ten  miles 
over  the  hilltops,  looking  down  into  gulches  and  canyons,  out  upon  valleys 
green  with  grain  and  vegetation  and  up  to  Old  Baldy,  Mount  San  Bernar- 
dino, Mount  San  Jacinto  and  Grayback,  two  and  half  miles  high ; the 
latter,  through  Library  Park,  Prospect  Park  on  the  Heights  and  Canyon 
Crest  Park,  passing  hundreds  of  beautiful  homes  and  elegant  mansions,  with 
their  well-kept  lawns,  profusion  of  flowers  and  tropical  palms,  peppers  and 
shrubbery,  will  amply  repay  one  for  crossing  the  continent  to  see  and  enjoy. 


I— 


But  what  of  " Smiley  Heights ! ” Standing  on  the  crest  of  this 
beautiful  park,  surrounded  by  a tropical  vegetation  in  midwinter,  you  look 
down  upon  San  Bernardino  Valley,  with  its  ten  thousand  acres  of  orange 
groves  and  six  thrifty  cities  and  towns,  chief  among  which  and  lying  right 
at  your  feet  is  the  clean,  sun-kissed,  rose-embowered  gem  city  of  Redlands  ; 
then  up  to  the  grandest  peaks  of  Southern  California’s  majestic  Sierras, 
whose  snow-capped  summits  rise  to  an  elevation  of  more  than  twelve 


thousand  feet.  Bordering  the  more  than  three  miles  of  roadway  in  this 
park  are  upwards  of  twelve  hundred  varieties  of  shrubs  and  plants  brought 
from  South  America,  the  Islands  of  the  Pacific,  Australia,  China,  Japan, 
Africa,  Persia,  India,  the  Himalayas  and  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope. 
Flowers  are  everywhere — a limitless  wealth  of  color,  fragrance  and  beauty. 
This  park,  with  the  scenery  which  it  commands,  is  without  question  the 
most  fascinating  of  all  the  beautiful  places  made  possible  by  the  marvelously 
fertile  soil  and  balmy  climate  of  Southern  California. 


And  the  Climate ! Kate  Sanborn  says : " Spell  it  with  a capital,  and 
then  try  to  think  of  an  adjective  worthy  to  precede  it.  Glorious ! Deli- 
cious ! Incomparable  ! A climate  warm  with  a constant  refreshing  coolness 
in  its  heart ; cool  with  a latent  vivifying  warmth  forever  peeping  out  of  its 
coat-tail  pocket.  You  can  snowball  your  companion  on  Christmas  morning 
on  the  mountain  top ; pelt  your  lady  friends  with  rose  leaves  in  the  foothills 
an  hour  later,  and  in  another  sixty  minutes  dip  in  the  surf  no  colder  than 
Newport  in  July." 


Hojais  OF  K C.  STFKIilJSG 

William  McKinley,  President  Roosevelt.  Rev.  Theodore  L.  Cuyler, 
Prof.  Liberty  H.  Bailey,  Duke  of  Newcastle,  Hon.  James  H.  Eckles,  Gen. 
Wesley  Merritt,  Admiral  Schley,  Marshall  Field,  John  James  Janes, 
David  B.  Henderson,  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale,  Lyman  Abbott,  Rev. 
Minot  J.  Savage,  Dr.  E.  S.  Chapman,  David  Bispham,  Julian  Hawthorne, 
Madam  DeLussan,  Julian  Nordica,  and  Laurence  Hutton  are  numbered 
among  the  thousands  of  visitors  who  have  said  or  written  of  Redlands  as 
follows : 

11  The  only  view  I have  ever  seen  that  compares  with  it  is  from  the 
road  between  Nice  and  Monaco  along  the  Mediterranean." 

" The  most  beautiful  spot  on  earth." 


A REDLANDS  HOME  ON  “T1IE  HEIGHTS”  IN  FEBRUARY 

11  The  prettiest  place  I have  ever  seen.” 

The  view  from  the  Heights  will  ever  remain  a pleasant  memory. 11 

You  have  beautiful  homes  and  the  finest  shrubhery  and  orange 
groves  1 have  ever  seen.  It  is  the  prettiest  city  I have  seen  on  the  coast. 
I am  just  charmed  with  it. 11 

" I have  crossed  the  Atlantic  sixty-six  times  and  traveled  over  Europe 
from  North  Cape  to  Gibraltar,  and  find  Redlands  beautiful  beyond 
expectation.” 


ANOIHER 


WINTER  RESIDENCE  OF  A.  C.  BURRAGE,  OF  BOSTON 


HOME  OF  W.  F.  HOLT 


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HOME  OF  A.  G.  HUBBAKD 


11 1 am  surprised  and  delighted 
with  Redlands." 


SCENES  IN  PROSPECT  PARK 


" The  whole  city  is  one  grand 
magnificent  park." 

" I never  dreamed  of  such  a 
grand  place." 

" I don’t  wonder  that  the  people 
of  Redlands  are  proud  of  their 
city." 

" It  is  a perfect  Garden  of  Eden." 

" This  is  nearer  Paradise  than  1 
ever  expected  to  get  on  earth." 

" This  is  the  cream  of  the  whole 
trip." 

" I would  die  happy  if  I could 
spend  the  rest  of  my  days  in  Red- 
lands." 

" I wish  I could  remotely  con- 
vey an  impression  of  the  sights 
enjoyed.  No  pen-painter  could 
do  it  justice." 

" But  the  first  city  in  California, 
perhaps  in  the  world,  for  beauty, 
is  Redlands." 

" Here  then,  in  a place  like 
Redlands,  are  all  the  conditions 
for  making  a heaven  on  earth  and 
it  is  the  heart  and  jewel  of  the 
fruit  regions  of  California." 

" It  is  a veritable  Paradise." 


" What  a perfect  panorama  ! " 


places  and  appeals  so  to  the  artistic 
sense  that  I cannot  say  what  I feel 
about  it.” 

” I never  saw  anything  finer  on 
earth.  The  man  who  lives  here 
is  lucky  indeed. 

” Sentinelled  by  snow-crested 
Cucamonga,  San  Bernardino  and 
San  Jacinto,  and  bathed  in  sun- 
shine, she  looks  down  upon  a 
fruitful  plain  from  whose  lower 
level  she  seems  like  a beautiful 
panorama  in  bas-relief,  with  broad 
avenues,  lovely  homes,  rose  em- 
bowered arbors,  and  orchard  trees 
bending  with  golden  fruit.” 

"It  is  beautiful  beyond  descrip- 
tion." 

" It  is  a source  of  regret  to  all 
that  our  stay  could  not  have  been 
prolonged." 

" There  is  nothing  anywhere  to 
compare  wrth  it." 

If  all  these  commendations,  and 
more,  are  true  of  our  climate,  our 
scenery,  our  orange  groves,  then 
ought  you  to  give,  not  two  days, 
but  two  weeks,  yes,  two  months, 
to  Redlands? 


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